“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated in the matter of the world than the man who reads nothing but newspapers”
Another TJ quote.
It’s funny tho, he used dirty press tactics to get elected and then when he was elected, the man who helped him smear his opponent demanded a cabinet position. When Jefferson said no, the man proceeded to write in the newspapers about Jefferson’s mistress (who was a slave on his own plantation).
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated in the matter of the world than the man who reads nothing but newspapers” Another TJ quote.
It’s funny tho, he used dirty press tactics to get elected and then when he was elected, the man who helped him smear his opponent demanded a cabinet position. When Jefferson said no, the man proceeded to write in the newspapers about Jefferson’s mistress (who was a slave on his own plantation).
Jefferson then had that man arrested.